10-14-2008, 11:55 PM
They really need to implement a rump campaign for each race in each box then. 5 missions maybe, skipping the here is how to click one, and obviously the jailbreak type ones. A mission that focuses on ground units, one that focuses on air, one that focuses on specials, one that puts it all together, then one that challenges you. This would be the tutorial for the other races to get online.
Also on the cost issue... maybe 30$ "online packs" that give you the medic or w/e to bring your box upto the latest and greatest for online play, but don't give you the singleplayer stuff that you need to play 50$ for. Remember that you pretty much needed to shell out for the xpac to play online for both SC and WC3. Total cost for SC2 would be 110$ if you wanted 30 missions and full online, vs 100$ for 45(?) missions + full online in SC1 vs 150$ for full online and 90 missions - probably that close enough. The key should be that releasing the other 2 boxes precludes doing an expansion for a while. Obviously if a 50$ terran expansion hits about the same time as the zerg box, that's just being exploitative.
Also on the cost issue... maybe 30$ "online packs" that give you the medic or w/e to bring your box upto the latest and greatest for online play, but don't give you the singleplayer stuff that you need to play 50$ for. Remember that you pretty much needed to shell out for the xpac to play online for both SC and WC3. Total cost for SC2 would be 110$ if you wanted 30 missions and full online, vs 100$ for 45(?) missions + full online in SC1 vs 150$ for full online and 90 missions - probably that close enough. The key should be that releasing the other 2 boxes precludes doing an expansion for a while. Obviously if a 50$ terran expansion hits about the same time as the zerg box, that's just being exploitative.